Speaking to reporters after this morning’s hearing, Robert Blagojevich‘s attorney Michael Ettinger said he is expecting a verdict today and speculated about how a possible retrial might be a lot shorter.
“There has been a lot of speculation that the jury found – and we don’t know – not guilty on the first two counts,” said Ettinger. “Assume that is true, especially for count two, [Tony] Rezko, [Stuart] Levine, all that is gone so this trial would be cut in half.”
Asked about the jury’s request to have a copy of the oath they were read prior to deliberating, Ettinger said: “I think jurors, and I don’t know if it’s guilty of not guilty, the jurors in minority, and I don’t know how many there are, are being read that.”
Rod Blagojevich‘s attorneys declined to speak to press, saying that Judge James Zagel had asked them not to.
Michael Ettinger, Robert Blagojevich’s Attorney from Chicago News Cooperative on Vimeo.